One of the most attractive targets for deep sea mining advocates is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a continent-sized ...

With baseline data tracking 3,000 tonnes of polymetallic nodules at a depth of 4,280 metres, the study represents the largest ...

There is high global demand for critical metals, and many countries want to try extracting these sought-after metals from the ...

The deep ocean is home to the largest ecosystem on Earth, but we’ve only explored a tiny portion of it. Despite the enormity of our seas, new species are discovered all the time thanks to ...

The deep sea has many new discoveries waiting for us, including a newly discovered species called the "death ball" sponge.

Over a period of five years, researchers sampled the deep-sea floor of the CCZ three times before and one time two months ...

Scientists found a bioluminescent deep-sea animal with a “gelatinous” body and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo from MBARI From a research vessel off the coast of California, a team of ...

Thousands of meters below the ocean's surface lurk some gigantic creatures, much larger than their shallow-water brethren. Scientists have a few hunches for why this happens, but the debate continues.

A vast treasure trove of strange new species has been uncovered hiding deep within an unsuspecting ocean trench. Nearly 100 brand new species, previously unknown to science, were spotted during a ...

A spherical sea sponge discovered in Antarctica, Carnivorous cladorhizid, is a carnivore, trapping and devouring live animals ...

Scientists say sea monster is a new kind of animal. This unidentified specimen belonging within Relicanthidae is a sea creature that was previously thought to be a giant sea anemone (order Actiniaria) ...

Scientists found a sea animal “adorned with gold” and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative area of the Philippines. Photo from Brian Kairuz via Unsplash Off the coast ...